Song Emperor Jiangshan

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Following Xiao Shan to thank him, there were tens of thousands of tigers and wolves behind him. The sound made the earth tremble slightly.

The battle of Taipingzhou came to an end. After this battle, no one dared to trouble Xiaoshan again, and no one dared to raise objections to Zhao Yuan's decision.

Contrary to Xiao Shan's high spirits is Zhang Jun, who is frowning at the moment.Ever since Zhao Yuan said that he wanted to investigate the corruption in the army, people have been using this as an excuse to attack each other's political opponents, and Zhang Jun was also among those attacked.

He himself did not have such a thing, but his official Feng Fang was caught and impeached for embezzling Zhucheng funds.Moreover, Zhang Jun was attacked as domineering and domineering, inciting his subordinates to do whatever they wanted, and demanded that he be dismissed from his post as governor.

When faced with this situation, Zhang Jun never mentioned the matter of resigning from office. He took out all kinds of money and food expenses and made it clear that he had never wasted any money and food, and he tried his best to protect the officials.

Although Zhang Jun has made such a series of performances, Zhao Yuan still feels that although Zhang Jun has a high reputation, some employment and handling of him are quite inappropriate. How to arrange him has become Zhao Yuan's biggest problem at present.

But this problem didn't last long. Zhang Jun's counselor persuaded him: "Your Majesty is in Jiankang now, and everything is decided by the officials. I heard that Wan Yanliang still has a large number of sea ships preparing to go south to attack Haizhou by detour. Why not go elsewhere To serve the country?"

Zhang Jun also deeply felt that under such circumstances, he usually offended too many people, especially Xiaoshan won the first battle, and his reputation rose sharply. His relationship with him was stiff, and it would be difficult to do anything if he stayed in Jiankang, so he took the initiative to write a letter requesting Zhao Yuan sent him to Haizhou to preside over the naval battle.

Zhao Yuan agreed to Zhang Jun's request without hesitation for too long.On the one hand, although Wan Yanliang was severely injured, he did not give up and was still actively preparing. Haizhou really needed people to go; on the other hand, Zhang Jun left, and he happened to show his skills.The most important thing is that it can be regarded as a relatively satisfactory solution to the corruption incident of Zhang Jun's officials.

On the day Zhang Jun left, Xiao Shan, Shi Hao, Chen Junqing and others went to see him off. Zhao Yuan also saw him off on foot. Zhang Jun glanced at Xiao Shan. Explain everything with the facts, but I still don't like him.

Zhang Jun waved goodbye to Xiao Shan, and before leaving, he turned his head on his horseback and said, "Xiao Tongzhi should continue to work hard and live up to the grace of God. The old man had some disagreements with the general before, and it was all for the sake of the country, so don't take it too seriously. "

Xiao Shan looked at the back of Zhang Jun leaving, and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but sometimes, the battlefield is as cruel as the court, and I hope Zhang Jun will do it differently after he goes to Haizhou.

As soon as Zhang Jun left, another problem came to the fore. There was a lack of officials in front of the main battle, and all things overwhelmed Zhao Yuan. He was so busy that he didn't even have a chance to drink tea, even though he ate a lot every day. , but still very thin.

When Wan Yanliang heard that Xiao Shan was not taken away, but Zhang Jun was actually made to leave, he was anxious and angry. When he heard that Zhang Jun was going to Haizhou, he immediately ordered the warships anchored in Shandong Bay to go south in large numbers, trying to find a breakthrough from Haizhou. , Straight to Lin'an, attacking the rear of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Due to the departure of Zhang Jun and the surge in the number of captives captured by Xiaoshan, the shortage of food and grass became more urgent. Now that it was cold winter, the food and grass that could be raised nearby had been raised all over, but it still could not solve the problem of feeding nearly 20 troops. This battle was won, and the commander except Li Xianzhong's headquarters, the rest of the army, including his old boss Shao Hongyuan, became his subordinates at this moment, and his official position was further rewarded.

The first thing Xiao Shan has to do is to once again be serious about his military status, never allow his generals to embezzle financial resources, and replace a group of generals who did not perform well in battle, and replaced them with those who performed outstandingly in battle, made meritorious deeds and Quite a clean general.Not only that, but the money and food issued by each soldier in various places were clearly announced on the list. If someone embezzles money and food privately, ordinary soldiers can also report it.

This move has won the support of the majority of ordinary soldiers, and some generals have restrained themselves under such strict orders. After all, no one wants to lose their jobs because of such things, and be pulled out and the soldiers take turns criticizing them.Moreover, because of the shortage of money and food, there is not much that can be greedy.

Another prohibition is that soldiers are strictly prohibited from harassing the people. Anyone who finds out will be punished without mercy.

Of course, strict orders alone cannot make those soldiers go hungry willingly. Xiao Shan also specially formed a propaganda team to organize soldiers to study and take classes in turn in the army, and worked hard to change the previous thinking of fighting for money for soldiers' salaries into fighting for the country and the nation. , To fight for the lofty ideal of protecting the people.

This series of actions was carried out in a very short period of time. Although it could not completely eradicate the problem of corruption and poor combat effectiveness of the Southern Song army, it could also achieve a lot of results, at least when there were soldiers in the army who wanted to rob the people. , other soldiers will come out to stop it.

One day Zhao Yuan suddenly heard soldiers singing while patrolling the city. He was very surprised and asked his left and right: "Why are there singing and dancing in the army?"

Gan Min replied immediately: "Your Majesty doesn't know, this is General Xiao's latest order. He wrote the song himself, composed the tune, and sang the military order in the form of song, which is easy to remember."

Zhao Yuan listened carefully to the lyrics of those people, which said, "All actions follow the command, and only by keeping pace can victory be won."

What is "I don't take the people's needles, and the people support and like me."

Finally, there is the most deadly sentence: Everyone must be conscious of observing discipline, and supervise each other so as not to violate it.

Zhao Yuan laughed and said, "I never thought Xiao Shan could sing, I've never heard him sing before."

That night, Zhao Yuan asked Xiao Shan about this matter, and praised him for his well-written lyrics, which were simple and clear, and he wrote out what he was going to do, why he was doing it, and what kind of results he would get after doing it.

Xiao Shan was not so thick-skinned yet, his face was flushed, and he said: "This was written by a friend of mine. I thought it was very good, so I used it. Ordinary soldiers are also illiterate, and just talking about military orders may not necessarily remember them clearly. It’s also impossible for them to remember anytime and anywhere, so teaching them to sing can be regarded as entertainment.”

This song "Three Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention" is the Red Army's nirvana. Xiao Shan has always believed that it is the most lethal of all military songs. When it was used a thousand years ago and changed a little, it can boost morale and enforce discipline.

Zhao Yuan tilted his head and looked at Xiao Shan: "That friend of yours? Who is it and what is his name? I really want to meet you."

Xiao Shan suddenly remembered that when Zhao Gou also said that he wanted to meet, it seems that Comrade Li Desheng killed both father and son.

Xiao Shan had no choice but to explain: "Your Majesty still remembers that when I bumped into His Majesty at Qin Hui's mansion back then, I mentioned this man's name. His name was Li Desheng. Unfortunately, I had forgotten it long ago. Fortunately, he died early, otherwise..."

Xiao Shan didn't say anything, thinking in his heart: Otherwise, as soon as Comrade Li Desheng's domineering aura emanates, Zhao Yuan will be knocked down and locked up in the cowshed.

Seeing that Xiao Shan was still half silent, Zhao Yuan asked, "Otherwise what?"

Xiao Shan said: "My...friend..." When he said this, he had some difficulty in phrasing. When he was young, he had no pressure to drag the Great Patriarch of the Celestial Dynasty out to be his friend, but now with his experience, he felt a lot of pressure. I don’t dare to be so arrogant anymore, but I have already said what I said back then, and I can’t take it back now, so I can only call him a friend, “That friend of mine, he was born rebellious, and loves treason and usurper the most, so he died a little... a little bit were able……"

Having said that, it is hard to speak well. Zhao Yuan laughed, and instead of entangled in Li Desheng's issue, he turned to another topic: "Nowadays, there is not enough food and grass, but it is a difficult thing. Although military discipline has been cleared up , but if it goes on for a long time, I am afraid it will be difficult to maintain."

Of course, this Xiao Shan knew in his heart that the feudal army was fundamentally different from the modern army of later generations in terms of organizational system. It was impossible for him to require officers and soldiers to be equal, eat and live together, and receive the same salary in this era, otherwise no one would want to work with him.

With the current shortage of food and grass, they can still be restrained reluctantly. If there is a day when food is really out of stock, I am afraid that there will be big troubles.

But after much deliberation, there was no other way but to hope that Yu Yunwen, who was preparing food and grass in Lin'an, would arrive soon and bring life-saving things.

In winter and December, the food and grass of the garrisoned army became more tense, and each soldier could only eat one meal a day. After a period of renovation, Wan Yanliang on the north bank became active again, preparing to go south of the Yangtze River. down.

On December [-]th, the first case happened that a soldier was starving and ran to the people's house in the middle of the night to grab food. Xiao Shan had no choice but to behead him to enforce military discipline.

But beheading can't solve the problem. As the food is dwindling day by day, this kind of thing is more and more, which has made Xiao Shan very anxious.When those people would rather die than get a meal, no harsh military order can stop them. If they are not dealt with, the military discipline that has been so easy to be serious will soon be corrupted again, and it will be worse than before. serious.

On December [-]th, Xiao Shan collected food outside the city again, and strictly enforced military discipline. When dealing with more than a dozen soldiers who sneaked out to grab food from the common people, he suddenly saw a mighty team coming from a distance. It was a carriage, and the red flag was particularly eye-catching under the gloomy sky. Xiao Shan rode his horse forward and rushed to the front of the group, only to see a beautiful official riding his horse at the front of the group, wearing a red official robe, It set off his cheeks like spring flowers.

Xiao Shan rode his horse to catch up, the official also jumped off the horse when he saw Xiao Shan, and the two embraced tightly in the wilderness, shaking hands and laughing.

Xiao Shan first said: "Brother Yu came at the right time! If you come one day late, we don't know how many people will starve to death!"

Yu Yunwen also said with a smile: "This time, the food was shipped from the south of overseas, and Dali also sent a lot, enough for the winter!"

The two escorted the food and grass back. Yu Yunwen's arrival solved the problem of food and grass. He stayed in Jiankang for a few days and observed the brand-new army. ,as expected!"

Xiao Shan persuaded Yu Yunwen to stay, because he was short of manpower due to the rapid expansion of the army. Yu Yunwen also stayed with him in the army for more than half a year that day. If Yu Yunwen stayed to help, the affairs between himself and Zhao Yuan would be eased a lot.

Yu Yunwen readily agreed to Xiao Shan's proposal, saying: "I just heard about the great victory in Taipingzhou in Lin'an, so I wanted to take the opportunity of sending food and grass to come and have a look. As long as His Majesty agrees, the elder brother is of course willing to stay in the virtuous brother's army middle."

Xiao Shan took Yu Yunwen with him and went to ask Zhao Yuan to let Yu Yunwen stay and send others back.

This time, there was no great difficulty. The Right Prime Minister Shi Hao was not very proficient in warfare, and after hearing about it, he was willing to return to Lin'an instead of Yu Yunwen.

Shi Hao is experienced in handling affairs, has a gentle personality, and is good at coordinating relationships. It is very suitable for him to go back to prepare food and grass, and the matter is settled like this.

The arrival of Yu Yunwen quickly improved Xiaoshan's not-so-perfect logistics. In addition, Zhao Yuan also left some of Zhang Jun's affairs to Yu Yunwen.

Yu Yunwen was completely different from Zhang Jun. He was not only good at coordinating the relationship between the generals, but also handled political affairs in an orderly manner. No one dissatisfied with the things he had judged, and within a few days, he had already fought fiercely with other officials and nearby generals.

Zhao Yuan really wanted Yu Yunwen to take Zhang Jun's place, but Yu Yunwen didn't have enough prestige, he wasn't at the same level as Zhang Jun, and couldn't act as an agent with full authority, so he could only let him take over the management temporarily, which also made the burden on his shoulders much lighter.

On this day, it was almost New Year's Eve, and Xiao Shan received a report from Jiangbei's spies again: Wan Yanliang began to recruit civilian husbands, temporary large-scale logging, and rushed to make warships, and this time, Wanyanliang also rushed to make many fakes Grenade, ready for the next battle.

Wan Yanliang suffered from firearms twice in the Southern Dynasties. He knew their advantages and disadvantages. He recruited all the craftsmen of the Kingdom of Jin to develop them day and night, and sent spies and spies to the Southern Dynasties to find out the formula of firearms.

With his unremitting efforts, he managed to get some claws, but it's hard to say how effective the counterfeit grenade is.

Looking at the battle report, Xiao Shan frowned.The joy of victory in the last battle of Pacific Ocean has long been diluted, and there are still more difficult tests ahead.

He also copied a copy of the battle report to Yu Yunwen, and asked, "Brother, tell me, is there any good way to deal with Wanyan Liang with as little loss as possible?"

Yu Yunwen took a serious look, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "I heard that one of the generals under Wan Yanliang's command is Yelu Yuanyi, who is from Khitan?"

Xiao Shan's eyes lit up, but then dimmed again: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to persuade him to surrender, not to mention there is no capable man to go."

Yu Yunwen patted Xiao Shan on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Why are you so out of your mind? What are you doing to persuade Wanyan Liang to doubt him? Why not separate the two? If you can separate one person successfully, Wanyan Liang still has many subordinates." Han generals and Xixia captives will fall apart sooner or later!"

When Xiao Shan was thinking hard and still pondering in his heart, Yu Yunwen said: "It's easy to handle, send people to send letters of surrender to Yelu Yuanyi constantly, and some of them were deliberately discovered by Wan Yanliang, our army will cooperate with the action again, and we will send money to Yelu Yuanyi. The Lord suspects a cruel and easy-to-kill character, so he doesn't worry about big things failing."

At this time Xiao Shan had already walked to the riverside with Yu Yunwen, he looked at Jiangbei and then at himself.

The camps in the north of the river were still lined with trees, and the torches on the other side were clearly extinguished.How did he feel that Yu Yunwen's strategy sounded familiar, and with this situation of confrontation between the north and the south on the river bank, how could it look like the plot of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" where Zhou Yu designed to kill Cao Cao's naval admiral Cai Mao and Zhang Yun.

But don't worry too much, as long as you can succeed, you can use anything!

Immediately, Yu Yunwen began to arrange people, intentionally or unintentionally, he began to incite ethnic hatred among the Jin people, especially the anger of the Khitan people who had a hatred for the subjugation of the Jin country.

Wan Yanliang was also aware of such unfavorable rumors, and at first he pretended to be magnanimous to appease Yelu Yuanyi: "I am not such an intolerant emperor!"

However, the effect of three people becoming a tiger cannot be underestimated. Once or twice Wanyan Liang was able to treat it calmly, but after he intercepted three or four letters about the Southern Dynasty's letter to Yelu Yuanyi, he became a little uneasy, and deliberately sent Yelu Yuan away. Yi Zhao came to hear the news: "Does Qing still worry about the subjugation of the country?"

Yelu Yuanyi was originally anxious because of these rumors, but now seeing Wanyan Liang showing doubts about herself, she tried her best to express her determination face to face, but secretly her thoughts became active.

Not only that, Wan Yanliang also received news that annoyed him even more.

The general Wan Yanyong who stayed behind in the old capital of the Kingdom of Jin seems to have been acting unruly recently.

This news annoyed Wan Yanliang very much. Wan Yanyong's wife was beautiful in the early years, and Wan Yanliang coveted his wife. He once called his wife to Beijing to provide him with lustful pleasures, but unexpectedly Wanyan Yong's wife was very chaste and strong, Going forward, but committing suicide halfway.

When the news got out, Wan Yanyong cried bitterly at that time, but because Wan Yanliang was powerful, he didn't dare to compete with him. Instead, he endured humiliation. Yong's mind unavoidably became active, new hatred, old hatred and ambition all surged into his heart, and he began to stir up trouble in the old Beijing.

When Wan Yanliang received the news, he still refused to return to his teacher, he was waiting for the success or failure of the Battle of Haizhou.

If he can win the Southern Dynasty in one fell swoop, it will not be too late for the teacher to go north, but the news that has come in one after another in recent days has made his situation more and more unfavorable.

First of all, some bandits in Jiangbei took the opportunity to move. The Central Plains had Wang Youzhi, and Shandong had Zhang Zhixiong and Xin Qiji. They were all harassing the rear. In the defeat of Zehu, Xiao Shan was able to destroy the battleship with less than a thousand subordinates, because there were thieves to respond to it.

As for who the internal thief was, the spearhead was directed at Yelu Yuanyi, the Khitan general who was stationed in Hongze that day.

Yelu Yuanyi couldn't sit still before Wan Yanliang made his move, let alone Xiao Shan Yu Yunwen's ultimate move.

He sent people across the river secretly, and sent a letter to Xiao Shan: "I have a hatred for the subjugation of the country with the Jin Dynasty, and I have no choice but to join the army, but unexpectedly, I am suspicious. I wish to command the troops of the headquarters, come and join, and kill this thief to avenge the subjugation of the country! "

When this secret letter was delivered to Xiao Shan, Xiao Shan was in the camp discussing with Yu Yunwen how to improve and provoke the relationship between Yan Liang's troops. They were taken aback for a moment, then laughed and hugged each other excitedly.

Xiao Shan patted Yu Yunwen on the shoulder vigorously: "Brother, you are really amazing! You will succeed in no time!"

Before Yu Yunwen could answer, he heard a voice at the door: "What's so happy about it? I'll be happy if you tell me!"

As soon as Xiao Shan turned his head, he saw Zhao Yuan standing at his door, although Zhao Yuan had a smile on his face, but there was no smile in his eyes, not only that, his eyes seemed to swallow Xiao Shan alive.

Xiao Shan hastily let go of his arm around Yu Yunwen, as soon as he saw Zhao Yuan's eyes, he knew that the other party might have misunderstood, but at this moment he really couldn't explain it.

Yu Yunwen didn't realize it at all, and said with a smile: "It's a letter from Yelu Yuanyi, willing to lead the army to join us."

Zhao Yuan said in a deep voice: "It may be a fraud!"

Yu Yunwen and Xiao Shan nodded at the same time: "Your Majesty is right."

The two spoke in unison, and the haze in Zhao Yuan's eyes added another layer.Xiao Shan hurriedly said: "Don't be afraid of deceit, make an appointment with him and let him respond internally. Then send this secret letter of communication from Yelu Yuanyi to Wan Yanliang. When our army doesn't act according to the agreement, even if If there is fraud, Wan Yanliang will also seriously suspect that Yelu Yuanyi is a double agent. Don't worry about big things failing!"

Zhao Yuan nodded lightly, and Yu Yunwen said: "The minister went to write him a reply, and sent someone to accidentally drop this letter into Wan Yanliang's hands."

Zhao Yuan nodded, and said, "Okay, I will trouble Yu Qing with the specific matters. Don't rely too much on the enemy's surrender."

Xiao Shan and Yu Yunwen looked at each other, and said with a smile: "Now Wan Yanliang is betrayed by everyone, not only the Khitan people, but even the ministers of the Kingdom of Jin are very dissatisfied with his actions. It's okay if he doesn't move. , will definitely return in defeat. If you don’t wake up, you will die here!”

After Zhao Yuan talked to the two of them for a few words, he left. Xiao Shan stayed behind to discuss many details with Yu Yunwen, and found Chen Junqing, Li Xianzhong and many other generals, and studied them repeatedly. When he returned to the room, it was already the second watch Very much, what surprised Xiao Shan was that the eunuch Gan Min was actually sitting in his room, as if he was waiting for him.

Xiao Shan took off the helmet on his head, his hair grew very fast, and after three months, it was able to be tied to the top of his head, while taking off his armor, Xiao Shan said: "Master Gan came here late at night, what's the matter?" ?”

Gan Min took a look at Xiao Shan, and said: "General Xiao, don't change your clothes now, Your Majesty is here to invite you."

Xiao Shan was taken aback, and asked: "It's...it's midnight, do you know what His Majesty wants me to do?"

Gan Min shrugged his shoulders, shook his head and said, "This servant really doesn't know, I only know that Your Majesty said that no matter how late the general comes back, he must go. The servant has been waiting for two hours since it was dark. , I waited until the general, hurry up and go with the servants, I am afraid that your majesty will have to wait in a hurry."